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California B&Bs Offer a Perfect Start and Finish to the Race

Race season is heating up once again, and the calendar is packed with foot races and cycling events crisscrossing every corner of the Golden State. For marathoners, triathletes and cyclists looking for a place to stay close to the route, California bed and breakfast inns offer far more than proximity and a comfortable bed. Innkeepers cater to racers with early pre-race breakfasts, post-race massages, hot tubs, secure bike storage and more. REDWOOD COAST  The newly restored and re-opened Gingerbread Mansion Inn  in Ferndale is just a

PRESS RELEASE: enjoyable and effective, this new methodology of pain-free Chinese Character learning has been officially endorsed...

Enjoy Learning Chinese Characters is a brilliant new concept that supersedes traditional ‘learn-by-rote’ methods in helping students to HSK Level 3. It defines 250 component characters that lead to mastery over 856 in this book, and far more going forward.Enjoy Learning Chinese Characters - Discover their Hidden Meanings    by Kun Ho Park & Kyung Yong Kong   (Kong & Park, Inc., 2013)   £20 Softcover   ISBN 978-89-97134-09-0 The mnemonic system created is one of visual and mental association on a number of levels:* Clever use of a jigsaw pattern gives a clear and vivid impression of how

Ten Startups Selected for DreamIt Health, Philadelphia’s First Health Care Accelerator

IBC, Penn Medicine and DreamIt Ventures enroll entrepreneurs in four-month boot campPHILADELPHIA – April 3, 2013 –Independence Blue Cross  (IBC), Penn Medicine  and DreamIt Ventures  today announced the 10 health care startup companies selected to participate in DreamIt Health , the first-ever Philadelphia-based health care accelerator. The 2013 DreamIt Health inaugural class will enter a four-month boot camp,

FANCOURT LEADS THE WAY FOR SOUTH AFRICA’S FIRST PROFESSIONAL GOLFING LEARNERSHIP PROGRAM FOR CADDIES

Fancourt  will launch South Africa’s first accredited Professional Golfing Learnership Program for caddies on Friday 12 April 2013.Designed to provide caddies with an internationally recognised qualification that will open doors to a wide range of careers in the golf industry, the program is a partnership between Fancourt and the Culture, Arts, Tourism, Hospitality and Sports Sector Education and Training Authority (CATHSSETA), in association with the South African Black Golfers Association (SABGA). Twenty six caddies - 19 of whom are based at Fancourt, and the

North American Partners in Anesthesia Releases Final Two NAPABriefs Focused on Transforming Operating Rooms in the Age of Health Care Reform

NAPABriefs 5 and 6 address value-based purchasing and readmission reduction programs, and ACO costs and quality outcomesMELVILLE, NY, April 3, 2013 – In a thought leadership series that provides five steps for transforming a hospital’s OR in the age of health care reform, North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) today released NAPABriefs 5 and 6, the final two in the six-part series. The briefs outline a hospital game plan for Medicare’s Value-Based Purchasing and Readmission Reduction Programs, and how to manage costs and outcomes for accountable care organizations (ACOs).  “Our

Virtual Reality from Cengage Learning Brings Vocational Courses to Life

Virtual Reality from Cengage Learning Brings Vocational Courses to Life at Adam Smith CollegeAdam Smith College (ASC) in Fife, Scotland has brought vocational courses to life with interactive virtual reality Skills2Learn software from Cengage Learning – an online platform which includes blended e-learning solutions, 3D virtual reality game-based simulation and training assessments. ASC, formed in 2005, is a Scottish further and higher education college located across the county of Fife and named after Adam Smith, the founder of modern economics, who was born in Kirkcaldy. Robert

SIT13: Service Desk & IT Support Show – Exhibitor Show Highlights

SITS – The Service Desk & IT Support Show returns to London’s Earls Court on 23-24 April, with over 100 leading suppliers demonstrating 250+ products and services.  The UK’s biggest showcase for the IT Service Management and IT support industry, the following is just a taste of some of the latest innovations being introduced at this year’s event: Matrix42’s integrated solutions enable seamless management of physical, virtual and mobile environments, combining Client Lifecycle, Virtualization, Mobile Device Management and IT Service Management.  To mark the launch of a new unique end user

AccuVein Inc. Named Edison Awards Finalist

Vein Illumination Leader Will Be Recognized at Edison Awards EventLong Island, New York (April 2, 2013) – AccuVein Inc. (www.accuvein.com) has been named a 2013 Award Finalist in the internationally renowned Edison Awards™ Competition.  The Edison awards symbolize the persistence and excellence personified by Thomas Alva Edison, inspiring creative minds to remain in the forefront of innovation, creativity and ingenuity in the global economy. The AccuVein AV400 vein illumination device helps healthcare professionals locate veins by displaying a map of the patient’s vasculature directly on

Duty Calls: New wartime exhibition launches at Brodsworth Hall & Gardens, near Doncaster

New high-res images of the exhibition, and historic images from wartime Brodsworth, are now available from the English Heritage online media bank at: http://news.cision.com/english-heritage/multimedia/The impact of World War II on one ofYorkshire’s great country houses, Brodsworth Hall nearDoncaster, will be explored in a new exhibition and a series of events throughout 2013, which will see the story of the building, the Grant-Dalton family who lived there and the residents of the Brodsworth estate retold 70 years on. “During the Second World War, Brodsworth Hall was requisitioned for

Element and the Rafters Invite Fans to Name New Deck at Witter Field

Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. (March 27, 2013)—Element Mobile and the Wisconsin Rapids Rafters are sponsoring a naming contest called Make the Big Pitch to choose the name of the new deck being built this spring at historic Witter Field.  The Make the Big Pitch contest will allow participants to suggest creative names now through April 5, 2013. Voting on the submitted names will take place April 8-12. To enter visit facebook.com/elementmobile. Participants who submit an entry will be eligible to win tickets to sit in the new deck area for one game during the upcoming season. Earlier this

Celebration of Scientology Founder’s Birthday Marks Another Year of Unprecedented Growth

More than 4,500 Scientologists from 40 nations gathered for the annual gala celebration of Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard’s birthday (March 13) held in Clearwater, Florida, home to the Church of Scientology’s spiritual headquarters. The weekend of events commemorated Mr. Hubbard’s enduring legacy in an era of unprecedented growth for the religion. On Saturday, March 16, 2013, more than 4,500 Scientologists from 40 nations gathered for the annual gala celebration of Scientology Founder L. Ron Hubbard’s birthday held in Clearwater, Florida. More than 4,500 Scientologists from

Sphero Makes Augmented Reality Technology Available To Developers

Company introduces new Augmented Reality SDK on Github, plug-in for Unity, and App Bounty programBOULDER, Colo. and SAN FRANCISCO - March 25, 2013 - Orbotix, the masterminds behind Sphero, the first robotic ball and gaming system controlled by smartphones and tablets, today announced new ways for developers to tap the potential of Sphero and offer even more mind-blowing ways for consumers to enjoy the gaming system using their augmented reality technology . Along with a new Sphero Augmented Reality SDK available

Tobii engages with game developers at GDC

STOCKHOLM, March 25, 2013—Tobii Technology , the global leader in eye tracking and gaze interaction, will share insights on the future of gaming powered by Tobii Gaze and its award-winning eye-tracking technology at the Game Developers Conference  in San Francisco, March 25-29. Popular games and entirely new concepts will be showcased that can be played with a gamer’s eyes in combination with touch controls to create more intuitive, intense and realistic gaming experiences. “We are pushing the boundaries of gaming to create new immersive

Hawaiian Silky Moroccan Argan Oil announces Drew Sidora as spokes model and brand ambassador for product line

Drew Sidora will be part of a fully integrated national and international marketing campaign including TV, print, billboard and digitalCHICAGO (March 22, 2013) – AFAM Concept Inc. the makers of Hawaiian Silky is proud to announce its newest brand extension Argan Oil ambassador/spokes model Drew Sidora.  Sidora is an actress/singer/songwriter/community leader who has starred in TV BET's popular sitcom The Game, motion pictures: Wild Hogs (Martin Lawrence & Tim Robbins), Step Up (Channing Tatum), White Chicks (Shawn & Marlon Wayans) and the upcoming VH1 music biopic as Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins

SALMON LEAPS INTO AUDI UK DIGITAL ROLE

Agency to support car brand in new digital and web strategiesAudi UK has appointed Salmon  as its new strategic digital and web partner.  The main brief is to work with the premium car brand’s in-house team to develop and implement new digital strategies focusing on the management of its website. The appointment, made after Audi conducted its overall strategic review for 2013, will see Salmon assist Audi in creating digital marketing solutions across a variety of platforms including the hugely successful audi.co.uk website, which has over one million unique

Monahans on Cloud Nine at The Business Show Swindon

Monahans, one of the largest independent chartered accountancy groups in the South West of England, exhibited at the extremely popular Business Show Swindon on 19 March 2013 and were pleased with the huge amount of interest in their new cloud accounting service. The show took place at the STEAM Museum in Swindon and offered speed networking, business growth and marketing & export seminars as well as an opportunity for businesses to exhibit. Visitors to the Monahans’ stand received demonstrations of their cloud accounting service, utilising FreeAgent, and learnt how the service can

H&M releases the Sustainability Report 2012

– Latest achievement: one of the first and largest fashion companies in the world to make its supplier factory list public. Today, H&M published its eleventh Conscious Actions Sustainability Report. Highlights from the report for 2012 are: · H&M is one of the first and largest fashion companies in the world to make its supplier factory list public. · H&M is the first fashion retailer in the world to launch a global system to collect old clothes and help them to a new life. · H&M is the number one user of organic cotton in the world – again. · H&M raised the support for higher

North American Partners in Anesthesia Announces Release of Strategic Blueprint for Transforming Hospital Operating Rooms in the Post-Reform Era

Series of six NAPABriefs offer hospital leadership proven steps for quality, cost and operational alignmentMELVILLE, NY, March 20, 2013 – To address unprecedented challenges facing hospital operating rooms (OR) created by health care reform, North American Partners in Anesthesia (NAPA) today released the first two briefs in the series, detailing how hospitals can transform their number one expense in the age of reform: the OR.  In total, six briefs will be issued over the next two weeks, released two at a time. “The concept of ‘Accountable Care’ has been all the rage since health care

Xbox Live: real racism in a virtual world

Halo Reach®, Gears of War 2®, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2®, and Call of Duty: Black Ops®  The United Nations’ (UN) International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed on 21st March each year. Issues of race in gaming aren’t often discussed – but a study in the current issue of the New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia tackles the subject head-on.-------------------------------------------------------------------------PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLICATIONTUESDAY, 19th MARCH, 2013OXFORD, UK-------------------------------------------------------------

Acquisition of real-money social gambling business

Unibet announces that it has signed a conditional agreement to acquire 100 per cent of Social Gambling (Channel Islands) Ltd, “SGCI”, which principal asset is an investment in Bonza Gaming, Bonza is one of the first developers to launch real money gaming on the Facebook Platform. The first game, Bonza Slots, was launched for the UK market at the start of 2013. SGCI holds slightly less than 50 per cent interest in Bonza, alongside co-investor Plumbee Limited, a leading entrepreneurial social gaming business. After expected dilution for incentive schemes, Unibet’s equity interest in Bonza

Monahans exhibit at The Business Show Swindon

Tuesday 19 March: STEAM Museum, Kemble Drive, Swindon, SN2 2TAMonahans, one of the largest independent chartered accountancy groups in the South West of England, are today exhibiting at the highly recommended and extremely popular Business Show Swindon. The show returns to the STEAM Museum in Swindon to offer speed networking, business growth and marketing & export seminars as well as an opportunity for businesses to exhibit. This year’s Business Show Swindon houses a confirmed number of 69 exhibitor stands, and 16 pop-up stands. Monahans are exhibiting on stand 15, promoting their

Top District Administrators Gather to Connect, Motivate and Achieve at Annual Skyward iCon Event

Skyward customers learn about upcoming, cutting-edge product developments for their software solutionsSTEVENS POINT, Wis. – March. 18, 2013 – Top school administrators from around the world traveled to Orlando, Fla., for the annual Skyward international conference (iCon) February 27 – March 1, which showcased the latest developments of the Skyward School Management System. This year’s theme of “Connect. Motivate. Achieve.” focused on promoting enhanced communication, motivating students and employees to reach higher goals, and ways to increase student achievement and budget management

Don’t Forget The Family In NYC

Action and Discovery With The Hotel @ Times Square  New York is not just a city of designer suits and cosmopolitan couples, with plenty of child-orientated activities on offer it’s a great option for any family holiday looking for action, adventure and discovery. And it can be affordable, kids under 13 stay for free in a dedicated family suite at The Hotel @ Times Square  who offer free continental breakfast too. Go on a  tour of the city’s best ghostly hotspots, a trip by boat up the Hudson River, witness one of NYC’s greatest

Sustainable Seafood at Bistro Sixteen82, South Africa

Chef Brad is a passionate and proud supporter of SASSI (Southern African Sustainable Seafood Initiative) and Bistro Sixteen82 is committed to serving green-listed seafood in delicious and exciting ways.On Monday, SASSI launched their Seafood Circle at the Harbour House Restaurant in the V&A Waterfront, Cape Town. The event honoured those chefs who have made a passionate commitment to using only sustainable seafood in their restaurants, in new and exciting ways (see below for more information on judging and the full list of winners). Chef Brad received one of the Trailblazer awards for his

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